[8] The camp was the subject of an exhibit by the Turkish Human Rights Association in 1996, the materials from which were published in book form in 2000, with a foreword by Orhan Pamuk and an afterword by Hrant Dink.
In 2001 the camp grounds were sold to a local businessman who intended to build a house on the site until Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink contacted him and let him know that the land had belonged to an orphanage.
[19][20][21] On the 175th day of the resistance, Fatih Ulusoy, who appeared as the owner of the land by law, donated the property to the Gedikpaşa Surp Hovhannes Church.
[29][30] On 19 January 2021, in line with the unanimous decision of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Parliament, the plan amendment regarding the area of the orphanage was approved and work began on the reconstruction of the camp.
[34][36][37] On the 14th anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu stated that with the plan amendment regarding the area of the orphanage being approved, there would now be no obstacles blocking Camp Armen being transformed into a youth center.